Crafty Inspiration Links!

There are so many awesome ideas around the internet.  Many of them I post to my Pinterest, if you wanted to follow me.  I’ve saved some of them for sharing here with you! Here’s another way to make your own litter box furniture – this time, with Ikea furniture!  I have also shared three ways

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Heraldic Cookie Cutters

Earlier this year, a dear friend of mine got elevated to the Order of the Pelican, the highest award given for service in the SCA and one of the peerages.  For his elevation ceremony, I made him cookies based on his heraldry by designing and making custom cookie cutters. They were designed in Adobe Illustrator

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Rapier Notes: How to Deny a Flank

At Baron Wars this past summer I had a great discussion with our rapier general, Peter, on what is the best way to deny a flank.  This is a tactic that occurs during line fights.  Below is a picture of two lines fighting, orange versus green.  The black markings are their swords, dagger, shields, and

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Links Day!

I’ve been catching up on all the blog posts I’ve missed while off the grid at Pennsic.  When I came across Cation Designs‘s post on her My Neighbor Totoro shirt, I knew it was time to do another links day. She also has a recent post on re-making a baby bouncer in a Totoro!  Go check

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Back from Vacation! Pennsic Dress! Garden! Etc!

Hello, internet!  I’m back from my blogging vacation, which means I should be putting out posts every Monday and Thursday again for a while.  🙂  This post is a weird mishmash of things going on my life this week and updates from the past month or so.  Scroll down for a rough tutorial on how

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